Starnight in Malayalam
താരനിശ (tharanisha) joins the words for star and night, and in Kerala it names a stage show where film actors perform. The sound is tha-ra-ni-sha, with a soft dental th. You meet it on posters and in newspaper listings rather than in conversation.
Starnight, a variety entertainment programme in which filmstars participate.
ഉത്സവത്തിന് ഒരു താരനിശ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
uthsavathinu oru tharanisha undaayirunnu.
There was a star night at the festival.
Dictionary entry
- താരനിശ (tharanisha) — Starnight, a variety entertainment programme in which filmstars participate.
The word does not describe a literal starry sky; it has been taken over by the Indian English sense of a star night, the celebrity variety programme.
Common questions
How do you say starnight in Malayalam?
A star night show is താരനിശ (tharanisha).
Can tharanisha describe a night full of stars?
Not in current use. The entertainment sense has claimed the compound, so a sky full of stars is described with the plain words for star and night instead.